In short - The established public chain IOTA has launched a new RWA platform @salusplatform, targeting the critical mineral trade market.
What are critical minerals?
Simply put, they are mineral resources that are crucial to the global economy and national security, but whose supply chains are prone to disruption. Examples include lithium, cobalt, nickel, and copper.
Data shows that the global critical mineral trade is approximately $500 billion, but it faces a significant financing gap.
Why does this gap exist?
The critical mineral market is one that is held hostage by geopolitical factors.
For example, over 50% of the global copper reserves are concentrated in just five countries. This extreme concentration means that if any part of the supply chain encounters issues, the entire global manufacturing sector will be impacted.
Even more concerning is the mismatch issue:
The demand for AI and green energy is surging, but the mineral development cycle is long.
Traditional banks are risk-averse towards mineral projects, leaving small and medium-sized enterprises excluded from the financing system.
70% of trade processes are still manual and paper-based, which is slow and inefficient.
This is the core contradiction that Salus aims to resolve: explosive demand vs. a rigid and outdated financing system. Its solution has many highlights.
Technology stack integration: Using TWIN technology to manage digital identities, anchoring trade documents like warehouse receipts and bills of lading as NFTs on the blockchain.
Smart contract automation: Payments, ownership transfers, and collateral management are triggered by real-world data and processed in real-time using stablecoins.
Performance advantages: The IOTA Rebase mainnet supports over 50,000 TPS and a 0.4-second confirmation time, allowing Salus to process workflows that traditionally take 7 days in just 2.2 seconds.
This efficiency improvement from "7 days to 2.2 seconds," if realized, would indeed be a qualitative leap.
More importantly, as a public chain established in 2015, IOTA has consistently focused on the integration of the Internet of Things and the real economy, backed by numerous government-level endorsements. These include, but are not limited to:
A $100 million collaboration with the UAE Trade Technology Fund.
The TWIN global trade network.
The EU Blockchain PCP.
Of course, reality is always more complex than theory. For Salus to truly address the $2.5 trillion financing gap, it requires not only technological innovation but also the cooperation of regulatory frameworks and the acceptance of traditional financial institutions.
But at least, the direction is right.
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